State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,450 Maine births in 1916 across 427 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maine more than they say America.

#41Cecileoutside the national top 200
#48Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#53Lucienoutside the national top 200
#36Arlene#172 nationally
#65Lioneloutside the national top 200
#68Gerardoutside the national top 200
#59Alton#190 nationally
#70Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#73Armandoutside the national top 200
#75Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#76Romeooutside the national top 200
#49Jeannette#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary261US #1
#2Dorothy190US #3
#3Ruth172US #5
#4Helen145US #2
#5Margaret144US #4
#6Irene110US #17
#7Alice108US #13
#8Evelyn104US #11
#9Frances100US #9
#10Elizabeth88US #8
#11Virginia85US #10
#12Marion81US #47
#13Eleanor79US #27
#14Phyllis79US #95
#15Marie75US #12
#16Mildred74US #6
#17Florence73US #14
#18Pauline72US #33
#19Doris67US #32
#20Louise64US #18
#21Beatrice63US #38
#22Barbara62US #74
#23Lillian59US #16
#24Marjorie56US #37
#25Hazel53US #31
#26Thelma50US #29
#27Gladys49US #22
#28Bertha48US #49
#29Gertrude47US #35
#30Rose45US #15
#31Lucille44US #30
#32Edna43US #19
#33Ethel43US #25
#34Marguerite43US #78
#35Edith42US #28
#36Arlene40US #172
#37Muriel39US #134
#38Madeline38US #131
#39Catherine37US #20
#40Anna35US #7
#41Cecile35
#42Esther34US #34
#43Kathleen34US #104
#44Bernice33US #42
#45Josephine33US #21
#46Eva32US #55
#47Hilda32US #105
#48Grace31US #26
#49Jeannette31US #173
#50Laura31US #64
#51Elsie30US #48
#52Ida29US #54
#53Leona29US #75
#54Theresa29US #98
#55Emma28US #41
#56June28US #86
#57Olive28US #132
#58Agnes27US #50
#59Anita27US #151
#60Blanche27US #89
#61Charlotte27US #80
#62Flora26US #141
#63Katherine26US #51
#64Maxine26US #96
#65Viola26US #59
#66Geraldine25US #94
#67Julia25US #46
#68Mabel25US #65
#69Myrtle25US #58
#70Priscilla25
#71Rita25US #67
#72Martha24US #24
#73Annie23US #36
#74Clara23US #39
#75Lois23US #43
#76Lucy23US #84
#77Germaine22
#78Jean22US #45
#79Nellie22US #61
#80Pearl22US #57
#81Ruby22US #23
#82Verna22US #125
#83Annette21
#84Christine21US #121
#85Marian21US #72
#86Shirley21US #160
#87Yvette20
#88Beulah19US #97
#89Norma19US #111
#90Yvonne19
#91Jeanne18US #176
#92Jennie18US #79
#93Violet18US #83
#94Vivian18US #77
#95Alberta17US #123
#96Audrey17US #119
#97Ella17US #81
#98Alma16US #70
#99Bessie16US #56
#100Geneva16US #112

Boys

#1Robert180US #4
#2John171US #1
#3George146US #7
#4William139US #2
#5Joseph127US #5
#6Donald125US #20
#7Charles124US #6
#8James119US #3
#9Arthur100US #18
#10Edward92US #8
#11Richard91US #15
#12Harold88US #13
#13Raymond75US #16
#14Albert74US #17
#15Frank71US #9
#16Ralph70US #21
#17Kenneth66US #27
#18Lawrence66US #38
#19Walter60US #11
#20Paul59US #12
#21Francis55US #31
#22Ernest53US #36
#23Roland53US #118
#24Philip52US #70
#25Henry51US #14
#26Leo50US #47
#27Stanley50US #34
#28Thomas47US #10
#29Norman44US #48
#30Alfred42US #43
#31Carl42US #23
#32Frederick42US #52
#33Harry41US #19
#34Clarence38US #24
#35Louis38US #22
#36Howard34US #25
#37David33US #28
#38Gerald33US #76
#39Bernard32US #49
#40Earl32US #32
#41Maurice31US #100
#42Herbert30US #40
#43Lewis30US #71
#44Cecil29US #80
#45Leonard29US #42
#46Roger29US #129
#47Eugene28US #39
#48Linwood28
#49Clifford27US #61
#50Fred27US #29
#51Everett26US #91
#52Lloyd26US #58
#53Lucien26
#54Wilfred26US #168
#55Gordon25US #90
#56Samuel25US #41
#57Arnold24US #89
#58Edwin24US #53
#59Alton23US #190
#60Daniel22US #55
#61Elmer22US #45
#62Milton22US #72
#63Clyde21US #62
#64Leon21US #85
#65Lionel21
#66Russell21US #51
#67Woodrow21US #64
#68Gerard20
#69Leroy20US #63
#70Wallace20US #124
#71Clayton19US #159
#72Merle19US #191
#73Armand18
#74Lester17US #59
#75Reginald17
#76Romeo17
#77Clifton16US #156
#78Maynard16
#79Melvin16US #57
#80Chester15US #54
#81Claude15US #93
#82Michael15US #44
#83Oscar15US #86
#84Victor15US #78
#85Warren15US #102
#86Carroll14
#87Edgar14US #88
#88Irving14US #109
#89Theodore14US #65
#90Vernon14US #75
#91Benjamin13US #79
#92Bertrand13
#93Emile13
#94Merrill13
#95Stephen13US #87
#96Andrew12US #46
#97Anthony12US #37
#98Carleton12
#99Carlton12
#100Earle12

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑43David#37
↑39Anita#59
↑32Flora#62
↑29Hilda#47
↑29Lionel#65
↑25Linwood#48
↑24Maxine#64
↑22Bernice#44

Falling

↓37Ella#97
↓35Anthony#97
↓34Edgar#87
↓32Ruby#81
↓29Vivian#94
↓29Carroll#86
↓29Andrew#96
↓26Annie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.